different between ruction vs auction

English

Etymology

1825, of unknown origin, possibly from eruption or insurrection. Possibly related to the Irish insurrection of 1798.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???k.??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

ruction (plural ructions)

1. A noisy quarrel or fight.
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 131]:

     “If you do want to go home, here’s your whip. Don’t fall off. Say to her you wanted it, or there might be ructions.”

Synonyms

• (noisy quarrel): brawl, disturbance, fracas, row, uproar

Related terms

• ruckus

Translations

References

• ruction at OneLook Dictionary Search
• ruction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• courtin', in court

English

Etymology

From Latin aucti? (“an increase, auction”), from Latin augere (“to increase”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: ôk'sh?n, IPA^(key): /???k??n/
• Rhymes: -??k??n
• (General Australian) enPR: ?k'sh?n, IPA^(key): /??k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

auction (plural auctions)

1. A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
2. (bridge) The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.

Synonyms

• roup sale

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

auction (third-person singular simple present auctions, present participle auctioning, simple past and past participle auctioned)

1. To sell at an auction.

Derived terms

• auctioneer
• auction off

Translations

See also

• bid
• bidder

Anagrams

• caution, tauonic